Possiby last WCU update from me!

spiritplumber · Post by **spiritplumber** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:41 pm

Hey.. This is going to be the LAST update with the old system. I'm going to go do the CVS thingy now. Whee!

http://www.spiritplumber.com/priv_remake/wcu-code.zip

MUST DOWNLOAD. These are the definition files for the new AI, new universe, new automap, new units and so on. Small file (300k)

http://www.spiritplumber.com/priv_remak ... update.zip

GET THIS IF YOU ALREADY HAD MY PREVIOUS VERSION. Contains mainly the graphics for the units I've added. Medium file (7mb)

http://www.spiritplumber.com/priv_remake/wcu-data.zip

GET THIS IF YOU DID NOT HAVE THE WCU PATCH AT ALL. Contains all the new unit graphics. Big file (18mb)

What's new?

* A couple of new AI types (interceptor, large capship, and infantry)

* New flight group names for kilrathi, retro and pirates.

* Carriers will occasionally use shuttles when attacking another carrier or a base. Shuttles fly near their targets and deploy assault troops, which travels at low relative speed past the shield and weakens armor.

* A ton and a half new units -- now every faction has their own fighter lineup. Also, lots more capital ships.

* Fighters and bombers launch appropriately from hangar bays, afterburning out, instead of just spawning near the carrier.

* Kilrathi systems can be military (front lines) or civilian, with differences in the type of ships you can find there.

* A nice medley of units from WC1, WC2, Priv, Armada and some WC3.

* Secret ship -- which game is it from? (Won't show up in game, you have to look around)

* Stormfire and leech guns fixed.

* One thing is SORELY MISSING: The Bengal-class carrier. For some stupid reason no matter how much I tweak the model, it looks goofy. HELP!

* Buyable maps fixed, doesn't show you hidden systems anymore. The idea is to make it so different factions offer different maps eventually.

* No more giant fleets showing up where it doesn't make sense. Please tell me if you DO see more ships than usual in frontier systems though, that is SUPPOSED to happen and I can't tell if it works or not yet!

NOTE: This stuff is at a "Mostly works" status. It looks decent and flies decent. Not too polished though.

NOTE 2: http://www.spiritplumber.com/bz2lan.exe if you are in the mood for something different. (shameless plug)

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:46 pm

You may want to change the title slightly, like inserting the words 'old style' in front of 'update'. At the moment, the title rather worryingly implies you're making your last ever update, which upon reading the post text is quite evidently not the case.

Sounds like a large and very cool update. I'm already looking forward to more once you have a handle on CVS.

spiritplumber · Post by **spiritplumber** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:57 pm

Meow, IF I can figure cvs out -_- i ish stupid....

anyway... forgot to mention one thing: to get all the new stuff you really ought to start a new save game. This is because the universe is generated once per savegame, so if you don't a lot of stuff in the systems beyond Gemini will be missing.

charlieg · Post by **charlieg** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:22 pm

spiritplumber wrote:Meow, IF I can figure cvs out -_- i ish stupid....

1. Don't put yourself down. Anybody who makes such significant contributions to a software project can not be stupid.

2. Like anything, the best way to learn CVS is by using it, and that's a lot easier if there's somebody about to give you tips and introduce you to commands. Join the vegastrike irc channel or pm or email somebody. I would offer to help, but I don't use CVS (I primarily use Darcs instead, although that's of little help to you). However, lots of people who frequent the vegastrike irc channel will be able to help.

spiritplumber · Post by **spiritplumber** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:32 pm

Hellcat says use cvs on this one... I don't know, it doesn't make a lot of sense what it says so far. Maybe I'll figure it out later

Post by **hellcatv** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:04 am

I can tell you how to use cvs... you might want to get http://cygwin.com/setup.exe
then make sure to select cvs tools under development and ssh under net

then I'll let you know how to proceed

Halleck · Post by **Halleck** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:20 am

What platform are you running? If you're on windows, I highly reccomend TortioseCVS, it's very easy to use and nestles itself right into windows explorer.

spiritplumber · Post by **spiritplumber** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:35 pm

Thanks! Everything has been CVS'd appropriately.

now what do I do? ^^;